The area of Bani Hassan Babu Qurqas, south of Minya, is one of the most important archeological and touristic areas in the Upper Egypt bride. It is an archaeological area containing an ancient Egyptian cemetery, located about 20 km south of the city of Minya, in the area known as Middle Egypt that runs between Asyut and the exile of “dead hostage”. He covered the walls of the cemetery with a layer of mortar, and then began to draw aspects of daily life from agriculture, industry and religious life, meaning that the tombs of Bani Hassan are a complete record that records the aspects of daily life in Egypt in the era of the Middle Kingdom. The tombs of Bani Hassan reflect the political contrast between the pharaoh and the rulers. When the pharaoh became weak, the power of the rulers increased and when the pharaoh issued a decision to centralize power, they appointed the governors. These tombs include inscriptions showing fishing, animals, birds, travel, wars, and various sports such as wrestling. You will also see great illustrations on the front. Archaeological tombs can be visited from the city of Minya via the Zawya Sultan Road, and the visit takes an entire day from Cairo, by Cairo top tours In the south of the Bani Hassan region there is a temple built by Queen Hatshepsut and succeeded by King Tuthmosis the Third, as a tool of the local goddess of this region Bakht, known at the present time as the Cave of Artemis, because the Greeks united the Egyptian goddess Bakht and the Greek goddess Artemis, and the temple was called a cave because it is an underground building.
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